Hello,
As of right now, I am not to into the story. When it comes to old English, there is a time period for me where I have to get reacquired with the way things are phrased. I need to know more of the story to really understand what is going on. It will take a bit, but I should be able to get into the story soon.
The last section of reading seemed ironic. Faustus brags that he is better than all of the main stream philosophers. He has been a lawyer, a clergymen, along with other jobs. All of this jobs have run out of luster because Faustus became to good for those jobs. The ironic part comes when Cornelius tell Faustus that, in the story, "He that is grounded in astrology" (7). Faustus is to good for moral subjects, but he needs those subjects in order to do magic.
In the beginning, the story tells of fortunes good or bad. I believe Faustus's fortunes are going to be bad. This comes from the thought that all stories that have characters experimenting with black magic and the devil have bad fortunes.
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